People First

People First brings HR, payroll, learning, benefits and workforce management together in one AI-enhanced HCM platform. Reduce manual work, improve workforce visibility and give managers and employees a more intuitive way to get work done.

Built for the challenges you face today

People First is designed to make information easier to access, simplify everyday work and surface useful workforce insights.
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Ask People First

Employees and managers should not have to search across systems or wait for HR to answer routine questions.

People First uses conversational AI to help users ask questions, get contextual answers and complete supported tasks within the platform.

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People First employee experience with personalised daily briefings and an AI assistant for questions about pay, claims and expenses
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People First expenses dashboard combining AI-generated claims insights, expense reporting, payroll information and company updates

Make everyday tasks easier

Complex navigation, disconnected processes and multiple systems make routine tasks harder than they need to be.

Consistent layouts and self-service workflows help employees and managers complete everyday tasks more easily, reducing manual administration for HR.

Turn workforce data into insight

Workforce data spread across different systems can make it difficult to see patterns and know where attention is needed.

People First brings HR, payroll, talent, learning and workforce data together through real-time dashboards and reporting, helping teams spot trends and identify risks earlier.

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People First dashboards showcasing skills progress, clock-ins and clock-outs and learning actions and insights

Simplify your ways of working with People First

People First performance workforce management tools including performance reviews and shift scheduling capabilities
People First AI summarizing today's tasks including skills that require review and a news dashboard
Screens demonstrating onboarding features and capabilities in People First platform
People First AI assistant, pay overview metrics, an available learning course and shift calendar

Why industry leaders choose People First

One platform, every stage

Shared data and workflows connect processes across the employee lifecycle, reducing duplicate entry and creating a more consistent experience for HR teams, managers and employees.

Skills and workforce intelligence

Connect skills, learning, performance and workforce data to identify skills gaps and plan recruitment and development priorities more effectively.

Scales with your organization

Start with the capabilities you need and add more as your workforce, locations and requirements change.

Backed by MHR expertise

For more than 40 years, MHR has helped organizations solve their HR and payroll problems. People First combines that expertise with capabilities designed to support US workforce, payroll and compliance requirements.

FAQs

Who is People First designed for?

People First is built for US organizations with HR teams that need a comprehensive HCM platform but don’t have the IT resource, budget, or appetite for a lengthy, complex deployment.

Do we have to replace our payroll provider?

No. People First connects to your existing payroll provider, so you get People First’s full HCM capability without changing your payroll setup or contracts.

Is People First built for US compliance requirements?

Yes. ACA, COBRA, I-9, E-Verify, FMLA, state wage and hour laws, and sector-specific requirements. Compliance is built into the platform’s core workflows, not added on top. Audit trails, deadline alerts, and compliance tracking run automatically across the relevant modules.

Can we start with one module and add more later?

Yes. People First is designed to scale with your organization. Many customers start with one or two modules, for example, HR core and onboarding and expand as their needs grow. No rip-and-replace. No new procurement process. Your existing configuration carries forward.

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